Animal Models for the Study of Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Creative Animodel provides one of the most comprehensive service for developing animal models of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) including chronic inflammation as well as acute inflammation. Our experienced experts and scientists provide one-stop service from model selection, model creation to inflammation assessment and preclinical drug efficacy evaluation. We offer the strategy and experimental design that best fit your needs and herein to accelerate the speed to achieve your research goals.

Our experienced experts fully understand the advantages and limitations of various mice models for IBD. They would work closely with you to choose and develop the most appropriate model for your studies, help to set up a detailed research plan, provide preclinical service to evaluate the severity of inflammation and efficiency of potential treatments.

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a group of inflammatory conditions along the gastrointestinal tract (GI tract), mostly seen in colon and small intestine. The principle types of IBD include Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC). Symptoms of IBD may vary from patients, with present of common symptoms such as: abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea, rectal bleeding, severe internal cramps/muscle spasms in the region of the pelvis and weight loss. According to the information from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), IBD affects 1 to 1.5 million patients and it accounts for approximately 1,300,000 physician visits and 92,000 hospitalizations in the United States every year. The direct treatment costs for patients with IBD per year were estimated to be greater than $6.3 billion and there remains considerable unmet medical need particularly in patients with severe or complicated clinical manifestations.

IBD has been investigated for years. Although there have been several significant findings and explanations about it such as the involvement of NOD2 and NFκB pathway, relatively little is understood regarding the mechanisms of the disease. A range of mouse models has been used to study the pathways or therapeutics that is thought to protect intestinal epithelial cells from damage or stress response. The mostly used mouse models are induced by dextran sodium sulfate (DSS) or trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid (TNBS). More extended animal models including transgenic animals like IL-10 deficient mice, TNFΔARE mice. Creative Animodel fully understands the significance of IBD related research and the importance of choosing the right mice model in IBD related research. We will work side-by-side with you to find the most appropriate mice model meeting your specific aim.

As thousands and thousands are suffering from inflammatory bowel disease, Creative Animodel is dedicated to create the most suitable animal models for IBD research to facilitate the development of potential treatments. We will work closely with you on every step and be your best assistance on your research against IBD. We are looking forward to cooperating with you and your team.